CT Climate News

Related to our recent post,  East Hartford Set to Destroy Another 47.3 Wooded Acres  for development, East Hartford is  updating its Plan of Conservation & Development for 2024 , as are towns and regional planning organizations across the state.  The POCD is a state-mandated planning document to guide conservation  and development for the next 10 years in each town. The update is a big lift. Most, if not all, towns use consultants to guide the process.  East Hartford's using Susan Favate from  BFJ Planning .    East Hartford looks to be doing a respectable job of creating opportunity for citizens to be part of the process. But are local environmental champions weighing in?  Doesn't look that way!  We saw just 3 comments submitted on Environment & Sustainability on  the Idea Wall . The other major problem is the 4 update documents posted so far contain just two references to climate - in 83 pages. Cripes.  The two chapters on Natural Resources and Open Space are going

The subject property includes about 28.5 acres in East Hartford at 90 Long Hill Road and 1152 Tolland St. The rest is in Manchester, at 1769 Tolland Turnpike, 104 Glode Lane and 104-A Glode Lane. By all appearances, neither Connecticut nor its towns are serious about climate action. It's been a while since we added to our Selling Out Connecticut posts.  Not that there's been a shortage of material to write about.  It's as if there was no climate crisis and preserving woodlands and green space weren't essential parts of climate action solutions. Connecticut's inaction and blithe obliviousness is lunacy.  East Hartford Planner Eager to Develop Last "Vacant" Parcels So now there's another large woodland tract that East Hartford is eager to bulldoze.  You can read about it here:   Husband-and-wife team buy 47.3 acres in East Hartford/Manchester, plan ‘hundreds’ of housing .  As quoted in the Hartford Business Journal, East Hartford Town Planner Carlene Sha

Hey CT environmental voters - have you answered the Hartford Business Journal poll asking if the state should allow the proposed ban on automakers selling new gas-powered vehicles starting in 2035 to move forward?      If you haven't, you should.  (You know the opponents have.)  Then share the link with your readers.  Weigh in here .